Re: [freenet-dev] Re: Inserts can be as fast as downloads

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Author: Matthew Toseland
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Subject: Re: [freenet-dev] Re: Inserts can be as fast as downloads
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I am not convinced that the darknet is idle. Is there any way to test
this?

On Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 07:40:05AM +0000, Thomas Bruderer wrote:
> > emphasis "using more bandwith of the overall network". The network is of
> > course starved for bandwidth most of the time, due to asynhronous
> > connections.
>
> Do we agree that most darknet nodes idle?
> Or do we atleast agree that most testnet nodes idle?
>
> The testenviroment right now is quite perfect, the inserts should be fast right
> now. What I am saying is that if downloads are fast, inserts have to be as fast,
> because we don't use more bandwith per link. The asynchronous connections are
> problem for all p2p protocols, they are not only a problem with uploads, they
> limit the downloads aswell.
>
> For inserts the speed limit is the per link bandwith (well for downloads aswell)
> but I get told all the time it has something to do with number of hops, which
> can't be true.
>
> We should check different strategies in testnet till inserts are fast at least
> in testnet...

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